The man said to the king, "God's word: Because you let a man go who was under sentence by God, it's now your life for his, your people for his."  1 Kings 20:42 (MSG)

Reading the past few chapters, I'm struck by King Ahab's character. He had to have some backbone to have ascended the throne, but his actions reveal that he's a wimp. He straddled the fence, allowing his wife to promote and worship other gods, throwing his lot in with her while keeping Obadiah on the payroll and turning a blind eye to the prophets he hid in a cave. When God brought the fireworks on Mt. Carmel, Ahab ran like a tattle-tale to his wife and let her do the dirty work. In today's chapter, it looks like Ahab is going to obey God and do what the prophet says, but then wimps out and allows Ben-Hadad to walk.

It's easy to start well and make well meaning promises. It's a lot harder to actually carry through.

It's February 2nd. How am I doing on all those goals and resolutions from New Year's?

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